Investing.com – United Arab Emirates stocks were higher after the close on Sunday, as gains in the Services, Consumer Staples and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Dubai, the DFM General added 0.17%, while the ADX General index climbed 0.27%.
The best performers of the session on the DFM General were Amanat Holdings PJSC (DU:AMANT), which rose 4.65% or 0.060 points to trade at 1.350 at the close. Meanwhile, SHUAA Capital PSC (DU:SHUA) added 1.89% or 0.020 points to end at 1.080 and DXB Entertainments (P.J.S.C.) (DU:DXBE) was up 1.48% or 0.005 points to 0.342 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Gulf Navigation Holding PJSC (DU:GNAV), which fell 2.65% or 0.026 points to trade at 0.954 at the close. Emaar Development PJSC (DU:EMAARDEV) declined 1.54% or 0.080 points to end at 5.100 and ARAMEX PJSC (DU:ARMX) was down 1.44% or 0.060 points to 4.100.
The top performers on the ADX General were Methaq (AD:METH) which rose 3.95% to 0.790, Arkan Building Materials Co PJSC (AD:ARKN) which was up 3.45% to settle at 0.6000 and Emirates Telec (AD:ETEL) which gained 1.81% to close at 16.90.
The worst performers were Ad Shipbldg Co (AD:ADSB) which was down 9.90% to 1.820 in late trade, National Bank of Fujairah PJSC (AD:NBF) which lost 9.73% to settle at 3.06 and Rak Cmt & Cons (AD:RAKC) which was down 8.93% to 1.020 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Dubai Stock Exchange by 15 to 13 and 7 ended unchanged; on the Abu Dhabi, 13 fell and 7 advanced, while 10 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.33% or 0.97 to $73.91 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.34% or 0.26 to hit $77.13 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.23% or 2.90 to trade at $1255.90 a troy ounce.
USD/AED was up 0.00% to 3.6731, while EUR/AED rose 0.48% to 4.3147.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.39% at 93.76.